About the Authors and the New Edition

"This resource should be on all public and academic library ready-reference shelves."

- Library Journal review of the First Edition of the encyclopedia

About the Editors

Margo J. Anderson is a Professor of American History at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and has published several books on the U.S. Census.

Constance F. Citro is the Director of the Committee on National Statistics at the National Academy of Sciences.

Joseph J. Salvo is the Director of Population Division at the New York City Department of City Planning.

Authors Appearing in “A Timely Guide to the American Community Survey”

American Community Survey: Introduction

Joseph J. Salvo, New York City Department of City Planning

American Community Survey: Data Products

Linda A. Jacobsen, Population Reference Bureau

Scott Boggess, U.S. Census Bureau

American Community Survey: Development to 2004

Jay Waite, former Deputy Director of the U.S. Census Bureau

American Community Survey: Implementation from 2005

Robert Kominski, U.S. Census Bureau

Joseph J. Salvo, New York City Department of City Planning

American Community Survey: Methodology

Susan Love, Consultant

Deborah Griffin, U.S. Census Bureau

American Community Survey: Questionnaire Content

Chet Bowie, NationalOpinionResearchCenter

Susan Schechter, former Chief, ACS Office, U.S. Census Bureau

American Community Survey: Using Multi-Year Estimates

Graham Kalton, Westat Inc.

Constance F. Citro, NationalAcademy of the Sciences

The Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census, Second Edition: From the Constitution to the American Community Survey (ACS) updates and expands a critically-acclaimed resource to the history, politics, content, procedures, and uses of the decennial census of the American population. The new edition, to be published in 2011, highlights changes in the Census Bureau’s data collection and dissemination practices for the 2010 enumeration, including the use of a short-form questionnaire for the actual population count, and the release in late 2010 of the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data set based on rolling samples of the U.S. population and gathered using the long-form questionnaire. The second edition also comprehensively covers the fallout from the 2000 census and recent issues affecting the administration of the 2010 count.

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The Guide to the ACS is a section of the forthcoming second edition of the Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census from CQ Press, edited by Margo J. Anderson, Constance F. Citro, and Joseph J. Salvo. Read about the Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census Second Edition: From the Constitution to the American Community Survey.